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Road Wheels and Disc Brakes
Wheelcraft. Australian, they make a 700c wheelset with MTB hubs. Need to see the axle spacing required. Not much written about this. These folks appear to be one of the few doing it. However one thing to watch out for is the stress. According to Alan Cline over at “Co-Motion”:http://co-motion.com, who wrote to saying: I…
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Headphones for Plane Flights
I had two hours to kill in Newark Airport. They have an amazing number of store there. Got to listen to about half a dozen headphones and try the noise cancellers. Wow, the good ones work well. Here are some recommendations: * “Headroom”:http://headroom.headphone.com/layout.php. A great souce of technical information. They sell high end headphone and…
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Weekend in the San Juans
If you get a chance to spend a weekend away in the San Juans, here are some recommendations: * San Juan Island Lodging in Friday Harbor, The Highland Inn Bed and Breakfast. Expensive, but a spectacular view. Helen has just two rooms and the look out into Haro Strait. When we were there, we arrived…
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Blackberry 6210
Connie’s Blackberry died and now the 6210 is widely available. * BlackBerry 6210. A T-mobile reseller. $249 with activiation, free car charger. $40 unlimited data or $30 if you are getting a voice plan too. Nice price. * “Karbon Systems”:http://www.karbonsystems.com/products_detail-23.html. $249 for an AT&T Wireless one. Slightly more expensives $40 basic and $50 unlimmited data.…
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Astronomy
Great notes from Cam Myhrvold about astronomy for amateurs. So I am at astronomy camp put on by the University of Arizona. Here are three very cool pieces of software/sites. “Clear Dark Sky”:http://Www.cleardarksky.com It looks at the weather forecast (wind, cloud cover, and I guess the key thing is the amount of water vapor in…
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Harmony Remote
Satoshi’s Wireless Weblog: User Interface is an Art: Harmony Remote. Satoshi has discovered this. BTW, the manufacturer site is “HarmonyRemote.com”:http://www.harmonyremote.com/. “Ludwig”:http://www.theludwigs.com thinks it is great idea and his family actually would use it. The heart of the idea is to be activity based and to guess the likely activities from the devices that you have…
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Grace at 35
Grace is another one of the Tong’s who is far older than her chronological age. I’d guess she’s about 35. Recent evidence are what she told me over the last week: * Refrigerator in the Bathroom: “Dad, the water isn’t cold enough in the bathroom, when I grow up, I’m going to have a refrigerator…
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Physics, Wisdom and Advice for Dad
Albert Einstein Online and “Stephen Hawking”:http://www.hawking.org.uk/home/hindex.html. Now Alex wants to be a physicist having read about both Albert Einstein and also Stephen Hawking. I told Alex that I wanted to _Albert Einstein_ when I was little. Since Alex is really 50 years old in terms of wisdom, he said to me, “Dad, you can’t be…
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Polar Power Kit
OK, got “Hoops”:http://scbhooper.com an S-720i, but now we need the power output kit. These are harder to find at a discount. Here are some sources listed in order of my confidence in them: * “Colorado Cyclist”:http://www.coloradocyclist.com/common/products/productdisplay2_v2.cfm?PRRFNBR=27091&S=22977,22978,27734,20070,22854,28682,12111,24608,24609,27091,24610,24604,16241,24603,12150. $314 vs list of $349. * “Excel Sports”:http://www.excelsports.com/new.asp?page=8&major=3&minor=2&description=S%2D710+Power+Sensor+Set&vendorCode=POLAR. At the $350 list. These are listed in google page rank…
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Cassette Sizing
Branford Bike: Campagnolo 10 Speed MK 2 Cassettes. Dave Malcolm and I are going to ride the “STP”:http://cascade.org and he asked me about what cassette in the rear to use. He has an 11-23 cassette and is wondering if he should get a bigger one. Here are some facts, but Well. I’d reco a 12-25…